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Stop the meddling in property markets

Rishi Sunak has a new wheeze for making homes affordable again. On Monday, the government launched a new guaranteed mortgage scheme. Anyone borrowing up to £600,000 will be able to get a 95% loan, with the state backing a slice of that to allow banks and building societies to increase the amount they lend without having to worry about defaults.

Pouring petrol on a housing boom

In fairness, it’s

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